The Bohemian National Home is a historic building in Detroit, Michigan. The brick building sits at the corner of Tillman Street and Butternut Street in the residential section adjacent to the 3,000 block of Michigan Avenue. The building is an imposing presence in the neighborhood of small, late 19th century houses and cottages, measuring seventy feet on Tillman and one hundred feet on Butternut.
Read more about Bohemian National Home: Bohemian Period (1914-1962), Lithuanian Period (1962-1996), Multicultural Detroit Period (1996-Present)
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